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Newspaper
Evening Bulletin
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
6
Commercial and Travelers letters of credit issued on the Bank of California and The London Joint Stock Bank Ltd London. Correspondents for the American Express Company and Thus. Cook & Son. Interest allowed on term and savings bank deposits.
A dense summary of bankers and agencies including Claus Spreckels & Co and Castle & Cooke in Honolulu with international banking contacts to San Francisco London New York Paris and Hong Kong. The document lists deposits loans credits travel letters of exchange and foreign banking facilities alongside shipping and insurance agencies tied to Hawaiian sugar planters and local utilities.
Sugar Factors Commission Merchants and Insurance Agents listing officers and directors. President Vice President Second Vice Pres Third Vice Pres Director G. R. Carter Director. Agents for Sugar Company Paia Plantation Maui Agricultural Company Kihei Plantation Company Hawaiian Sugar Company Kalaku Plantation Company Kahului Railroad Company Haleakala Ranch Company and others.
A garbled ledger fragment lists William Irwin and Company with William G Lewin as president, Mark D Spreckels, W. M. Giffard, Whitney, Richard Ivers, Wilbon and other names. Auditor appears, indicating an internal accounting or official oversight context.
A fragmented OCR listing names of sugar factors and commission agents including Oceania Bteamship, Western Sugar Refining Co, Bank Franciace, Baldwin Locomotive Works, and others tied to San Francisco and Philadelphia. The text reads as a catalog of firms and manufacturers such as National Cane Shred and rai Mill Co with scattered city mentions.
Subscribed capital two hundred thousand dollars paid up eight hundred thousand two hundred dollars. President Cell Brown Vice President Hiee reces OMmce corner Fort and King. Savings deposits received and interest allowed for yearly deposits at four and a half percent. Rules and regulations furnished upon application.
The Yokohama Specie Bank Limited lists capital paid up Yen 24,000,000 reserved fund Yen 15,000,000 special reserved fund Yen 2,000,000 with a network of branches and agencies including Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Shanghai Hongkong Bombay New York San Francisco and Honolulu. It operates as banker for collection bills of exchange drafts letters of credit and general banking business with Honolulu Branch 678 King Street.
C Brewer and Company Limited of Queen Street Honolulu lists agents for Hawaiian Agricultural Go and a number of sugar companies including Ooka Sugar Planters Line of San Francisco packets and several sugar firms. Officers and directors named include Robertson, Cooke, and Galt.
The Oahu Railway time table lists outward runs to Watunae Walatum Kahuku Way Stations Pearl City Ewa Mill Wahlawa and inward arrivals to Honolulu from Kanui Watia Whia Walunne Ewa Pearl City and Watiawa Daily indicates the Halawa Limited two hour train with first class seats, Sunday and limited stops. The schedule shows morning and evening departures and arrivals with several station names and times.
Testimony details the decline of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company plantation under manager Lowrie. Witnesses describe labor strife, financial collapse, and Baldwin’s appointment as successor amid insolvency and doubtful prospects for recovery.
An old advertisement notes a single Bromo Quinine laxative used worldwide to treat colds. It mentions Dr EB Grove’s signature on the bottle made by Paris Medicine Co., Saint Louis, USA. The wording reflects vintage marketing from a historical paper.
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